After staying in the cell for so long, Chen Linzhi was as aggrieved as he wanted.

The day after Christmas, the day of release from prison. When I packed up my things and registered, my mood suddenly brightened.

There are no mirrors in the cell, not even a bathroom, mainly for fear that a group of vicious bandits will hurt people with the help of glass.

At this moment, he took off his prison uniform and changed into his usual clothes, and stared at the mirror for a long time.

Even though it has been three months since he came to this era in the blink of an eye, Chen Linzhi still hasn't adapted to this face, with some cheeks and beard, a small scar on his head, deep eye sockets, and a high nose bridge.

When he saw himself, he always felt like he was looking at a stranger, but there was always a voice in his head telling him that this was what he was like.

A sense of tangle ensues.

Fortunately, he looks handsome enough, strong and young, and he can't find fault in all aspects, so although he still hasn't been able to adapt, he also feels good, and compared to his previous "self", he probably earned it.

There is a word called the dove occupying the magpie's nest, and the current situation is more or less like this, but the soul of more than thirty years later occupies this new body.

The black prison guard, who had two moustaches, put a small bag on the table at this moment and said, "Your things are here, take them and go, see that you have entered for the first time, and the next time you commit another crime, the judge will not give a light sentence." ”

Stared at by black prison guards.

Chen Linzhi took out an Omega watch from the bag, scratched and full of years, and wore it directly on his wrist. In addition to this, there are cigarettes, light machines, and key wallets.

I opened my wallet and looked inside, and it was empty.

In my memory, there should be some money in it, Chen Linzhi looked at the black prison guard, the other party seemed to understand what he was thinking, his expression was very fierce, and he waved his hand impatiently: "Hurry up! Do you want to go back?"

was already poor, but now his wallet is unexpectedly empty, which makes the already difficult economic situation even worse.

Thinking that more things are better than less, and he just wants to leave early after being closed for so long, Chen Linzhi didn't say anything very interestingly, sighed while putting things in his pocket, and walked out with a cigarette in his mouth and his neck.

It was summer when he came in, so much so that the old clothes he wore were too thin now.

Jeans and black short sleeves, when I pushed the door out, I was full of excitement, and I had the idea of turning back.

But thinking about it, if you really let Chen Linzhi go in again, you won't be happy to kill him.

walked all the way to the door of the big iron gate, and when the prison guard opened the door, Chen Linzhi looked back, with a cigarette in his mouth, and muttered to himself: "It's really fucking unlucky, it's not a place for people to stay......

The snow in the shade has not yet melted, and many former inmates in the fence are letting off steam, and Old Man Wang is probably among them.

Chen Linzhi didn't see the old man.

Before leaving this morning, he promised to do the other party a favor, very simply, just find someone.

As soon as the front foot came out, the iron door closed tightly and made a clicking sound.

The damp cold wind was blowing, and the sun was shining on my body, and I could barely feel the warmth.

Throw away the cigarette butt casually, he is waiting for someone.

Waiting for my old friend to come and pick him up, I was already talking on the phone a few days ago, and I was talking about today.

Raising his arm, the watch hands remained motionless, and the months had long since stopped.

Chen Linzhi didn't think about how he should live in the future, and he wasn't sure if his previous friendship was so reliable that he could come all the way to pick him up and find a shelter to stand for a while.

When I turned my head, I noticed a girl trotting this way.

Soon stopped in front of him, panting and laughing: "I got off the wrong station, a train will have to wait for half an hour, you ......"

"Very good. ”

Chen Linzhi remembers her.

They lived together in an orphanage for two months, and then she was adopted by a very good family, and after several years, she met unexpectedly, a very well-behaved girl, only seventeen years old.

used to be called another name, but after being adopted, there was a new name, changed to Zhao Bailu, when I was a child, I only remembered crying, and now I have grown into a little beauty embryo, and I look like a kind of person who studies seriously and has a happy family, and it is true that I have a good life after being adopted.

Chen Linzhi is different, he was not young at the beginning, and coupled with rebellion, almost no one was willing to take him in.

Even looking at himself felt rusty, but now looking at this girl with a schoolbag, she is even more like a stranger, and she doesn't even know how she rushed over to pick her up from prison.

It's good to say that.

I wanted to be polite, say hello and so on, but I didn't think of what to say, and it was difficult to adapt to the status quo for a while, so I just stood like this.

is full of memories related to the girls around me, thinking that "I" have livestock, but the fact is that there are none, and there are only so many fragments that can be recalled, which is nothing more than a good feeling, after all, I knew it early.

Zhao Bailu continued to speak, and there was a white mist on her lips when she spoke, she looked at Chen Linzhi, who was slightly embarrassed, and hesitated: "Let's go to the bus stop and accompany you to buy thick clothes?"

"My friend said to pick me up, wait a few minutes, my wallet was searched, and it seems that there is only this watch, and there should be clothes where I live. ”

"I have money, and I took it when I went out. Zhao Bailu smiled happily.

When Chen Linzhi saw her like this, she wondered if this little girl was stupid.

It is said that men are not bad and women are not loved, and they think that it is difficult to achieve the salted fish who has achieved nothing before, and only wants to be mixed with the big brother, is it still so likeable?

Cold.

If there is a store nearby, Chen Linzhi doesn't mind being in a hurry, and eats a soft meal with his ability, and it's a big deal to give it back to her next time.

But there were no vendors around, not to mention that the girl was young, so she simply shook her head: "Forget it, it's better to go home and change your clothes...... If the landlord has already lost my things, then say more. ”

Zhao Bailu was about to open his mouth when a sound came from not far away.

An old and dilapidated taxi slowly stopped beside them, and in the passenger seat, there was a young Chinese with a slightly dark complexion and strong muscles that could be seen through the sweater, beckoning and saying:

"Yo, you've just come back from a vacation to Hawaii?

Get in the car quickly, it's too late to say more, Ah Liang finally drove his father's car out and hurried back to the shift!"

The person who was talking was named Yin Yu, one of the best friends in his memory, Chen Linzhi, and the tattoo on his body was tattooed by him.

Ah Liang, whose full name is Gao Wenliang, both of his parents drive taxis, they met when they were in school, and they have been playing for several years.

Originally, they didn't know each other, but as soon as they met, Chen Linzhi would have an inexplicable sense of closeness between them, like a conditioned reflex, and many memories emerged.

are all in their early twenties, no one has their own car, even if it is a broken second-hand car, the family conditions are all average, only A Liang's family is slightly better, and the elders can help.

Chen Linzhi is helpless, as for Yin Yu, who is three big and five thick and loses in a small person, his parents divorced at an early age and grew up with his mother working in a restaurant.

I opened the car door.

Chen Linzhi signaled to let Zhao Bailu, who had come all the way over, get in the car first.

Ah Liang, a close friend who was driving, was busy rushing home while not forgetting to tease a few words, and asked curiously: "Where did the little beauty come from, she looks so white, girlfriend?

"Yes, it looks like a high school student, I advise you to take it easy, don't just come out with your front foot, and go in with your back foot. ”

Yin Yu said.

Zhao Bailu's ears instantly began to turn red.

Chen Linzhi's expression was helpless, and he replied calmly: "The friends I met when I was a child are not what you think at all. ”

To be honest, he has a headache at the moment.

After all, in his eyes, these people are in a state that is both familiar and very unfamiliar, and he doesn't know how to get along for a while, so he can't talk about getting acquainted.

Chatting on the way.

The topic is nothing more than how it is in prison, whether they have been bullied, or Ah Liang and Yin Yu introduce the recent situation, such as who has married whom, or who has become famous.

For more time, Chen Linzhi was busy looking out of the car window to reach the neighborhood where San Francisco's Chinatown is located, and it was like an old port, with shops and signboards on the streets, narrow streets, many people, car horns, and the shouting of vendors.

It can be said to be lively, or it can be said to be messy.

On the streets of San Francisco in 1984, with a new Chinese-American identity, Chen Linzhi was just distressed and upset, and he still didn't figure out how this strange thing could have happened to him, but he couldn't find someone to talk to.

Looking out the car window in a daze, his eyes were slightly dazed.

Yin Yu turned around and happened to see it, and said happily:

Last month, I went to pick up your things and found that the landlord had packed them for you and left them in the hallway, so I looked for a car and moved to my house.

My mom recently went to work as a nanny with a friend in a wealthy man's house in the Pacific High area, and her salary has doubled compared to before, and it is very easy to eat and live, so you can live in my house for a while. ”

Ah Liang was also happy, honked the horn one after another, and said in his mouth: "Later, go directly to the restaurant, drink some wine to celebrate, I guess there is no one else, you went in, and finally accumulated some family funds, and threw them all back." But it doesn't matter, your fame has broken out, the third brother said, as long as you want, I will help you rearrange a job in the casino. ”

The so-called "family background" is nothing more than a younger brother.

In fact, it is just a few acquaintances, who can be brought out to support the field and fill the façade, and they have not made any name at all, let alone the courage to be willing to cut and walk on the tip of the knife.

In the final analysis, I was forced by life, and I didn't want to find a job in a stable way, learn a craft to work for others, so I was angry with the big brothers, and I was ready to take a shortcut and go on my own.

It has to be said that in 1984, the differences were not only limited to lifestyle, scientific and technological level, etc., but also compared with the 21st century, people's ideas were also quite different.

For example, in this Chinatown, Hongmen, Qinggang, etc. are all on the surface, not necessarily just fighting and killing, many times it is more like a company, covering many businesses, feeding a large group of people, many young people like Chen Linzhi want to join in as soon as their heads are hot.

In the past, Chen Linzhi was very stupid and impulsive, and he wanted to be a big man.

Now he didn't think that he would pin his head to the waistband of his trousers again, and go to work for someone to beg for food.

It's time for a different way of living......